Quantification of land cover and land use within the rural complex of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2017, Pages

  Molinario, G ^a   Hansen, M C ^a   Potapov, P V ^a   Tyukavina, A ^a   Stehman, S ^b   Barker, B ^a   Humber, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Democratic Republic of Congo; land cover and land use; LCLUC; REDD; remote sensing; shifting cultivation; slash and burn

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMPLEX NETWORKS; DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; PLANNING; REMOTE SENSING; RURAL AREAS; WETLANDS;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO; LAND COVER; LCLUC; REDD; SHIFTING CULTIVATIONS; SLASH AND BURN;

CULTIVATION;

DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREST; LAND COVER; LAND TYPE; LAND USE; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; PLANTATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFORESTATION; REMOTE SENSING; RURAL AREA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO;

EID: 85033662616     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aa8680     Document Type: Article

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